Brush



R. FOSTER.

(No Model.)

BRUSH.

Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT FOSTER, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,330, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed July 19, 1889. $erial No. 318,074. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT FOSTER, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Brushes; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in brushes With a brush-block having a shoulder at one end, so that auxiliary tufts or bristles may be drawn or inserted horizontally and longitudinally in said block to be applied to the different kinds of work for which the brush is especially adapted.

My object is to produce a brush of great utility, consisting of a block holding the tufts provided with a shoulder through which tufts are inserted substantially horizontally, which is formed by cutting away the block for the rest of its length to a suflicient. depth for the desired length and shoulder and covering the butts of the tufts by a cover flush with the back of the shoulder.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the finished brush. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the brush with the cover removed. Fig. 3 represents the cover or cap detached.

Similar letters refer to si milar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, A is the body of the block, with tufts or bristles B projecting from the lower face and having at one end a shoulder S, made by cutting from the original block a slab of sufficient thickness so as to give to the shoulder S the desired height. The shoulder end of the block is rounded, and is provided with holes h for the receiving of tufts or bristles b'longitudinally and horizontally, with the lowest row of tufts b slightly inclined downward. This portion of the brush is especially designed for cleaning and polishing the cavities and angles caused by the ornamentations of stoves and other articles of manufacture, and for removing whatever foreign substances may gather in the crevices, moldings, and angles of interior decorations. The series of tufts B, projecting from the lower face of the block, serve the usual purpose of removing dirt from the floor and cleaning and polishing even and ordinary surfaces. All the tufts are drawn and se cured as ordinarily in brush-making.

O is the cover or cap, extending from the shoulder over the other portion of the block, and is of such thickness as to cause the upper face of the finished block to have a uniform surface with that of its shoulder.

I am aware that prior to my invention brushes were made for similar purposes with the tufts projecting from the lower face, and also that a brush-block has been made in which recesses were cut so as to receive tufts in its ends and edges. These I do not claim. The difference between them and my invention and the convenience and economy secured in the manufacture of my said invention is so obvious as not to need further pointing out.

Vhat I do claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

A brush consisting of a brush-block sawed longitudinally and vertically,creating a shoulder standing above the plane of the body of the block and transverse thereto, and perfo-' 

